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Aramco annual report 2024

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Positioning Aramco for the future

Aramco’s strategy is driven by its belief that reliable and affordable energy supplies, including oil and gas, will be required to meet the world’s growing energy demand, and that new lower-carbon energy supplies will gradually complement conventional sources. Aramco continues to work to achieve further reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from its oil and gas operations. Aramco also invests in technologies and solutions supporting the global energy and materials transition toward a lower-carbon emissions future. The world’s demand for affordable, reliable, and more sustainable energy will continue to grow, and Aramco believes it can best be met by a broad mix of energy solutions.

Within this context, Aramco’s vision is to be the world’s preeminent integrated energy and chemicals company, operating in a safe, sustainable, and reliable manner. 

Aramco strives to provide reliable, affordable, and more sustainable energy to communities around the world, and to deliver value to its shareholders through business cycles by maintaining its preeminence in oil and gas production and its leading position in chemicals, aiming to capture value across the energy value chain and profitably growing its portfolio.

 
To achieve its vision, Aramco focuses on four strategic themes across its businesses:

 

Upstream preeminence

  • As the principal engine of value generation, Aramco intends to maintain its position as the world’s largest crude oil company by production volume and one of the lowest-cost producers. The Company’s vast reserves base, spare capacity, and unique operational flexibility allow it to effectively respond to changes in demand.
  • Strategy in action

    Aramco plans to increase its sales gas production capacity by more than 60% by 2030 compared to 2021 production levels.
  • “Upstream delivered remarkable performance and numerous achievements that included a momentous year for our gas program, announcement of multiple new discoveries, and continued implementation of an ambitious transformation program while prioritizing the safety of our people, the integrity of our assets, and environmental protection.”

    Nasir K. Al-Naimi, Upstream President

Downstream integration

  • Aramco has a dedicated system of domestic and international wholly-owned and affiliated refineries that serve to monetize its upstream production. Through continued strategic integration, the Company captures additional value across the hydrocarbon value chain.
  • Strategy in action

    Aramco’s dedicated system of domestic and international refineries provide secure demand for upstream crude production.
  • “Downstream advanced our global strategy, strengthening existing markets like China and moving into new ones like Chile. Our transformation program also made great strides, focusing on improving profitability, resilience, and innovation.”

    Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, Downstream President

Lower-carbon initiatives

Aramco aims to lower the net carbon emissions of its operations and support the global energy transition through development of a New Energies business that includes renewable power generation and lower-carbon products and solutions across the energy, chemicals, and materials sectors.

Aramco has ambitions to capture and store up to

million tons

of COannually from Aramco facilities and other industrial sources by 2028, as part of the development of the Jubail carbon capture and storage hub.

Localization and the promotion of national champions

Aramco facilitates the development of a diverse, more sustainable, and globally competitive in-Kingdom energy ecosystem to underpin the Company’s competitiveness and support the Kingdom’s economic development.

Aramco is helping to build a world class local supply chain through its iktva program.

 

Percentage of total procurement expenditures locally sourced1

57.5%

2020

59.0%

2021

63.0%

2022

65.0%

2023

67.0%

2024

1. Applies to Saudi Arabian Oil Company (the Company).

Results and performance